Can Dell Laptops Be Upgraded With Better Graphics Cards?

I'm getting a good deal on a Dell Latitude Laptop, which is a business model, so the graphics card is quite poor. The rest of the computer is quite powerful and I would like to be able to play some games on it at least, so I was wondering if it's possible to upgrade the graphics card with a different model later i this laptop. I am obviously not a computer expert but I like to think I'm not tooooo awful. Thanks for any help.

Can Dell Laptops Be Upgraded With Better Graphics Cards?
Practically speaking, no. Video cards on laptops, even the better ones are typically integrated into the mainboard and thus not upgradeable w/o a major swap involving taking the laptop apart.





If you really really want better graphic performance, have an ExpressCard slot on the laptop, and have the money to spend, you can look for an external GPU solution such as Asustek's XG Station - pretty much an externally connected slot to add a desktop-level video card.
Reply:the problem with laptops is you cant upgrade much. hard drive, cd rom, ram, yes you can. video card, no. its built onto the motherboard, and unlike desktops, there isnt a slot to add a vid card to.
Reply:most newer laptops have integrated video.


I have an old Dell Inspiron with an actual video card. the upgrade has a whole whopping 4Mb of memory on it...lol


But they make USB video cards and I believe they make a card for laptops.